In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
Ribot participated in a loosely defined artistic movement known as Realism, which sought to depict the gritty lives of workers and peasants. Often dark in tone and somber in mood, Realist paintings focused attention on social problems. Poor singers like these could be seen on the streets of Paris, but pictures of such singers were already a long-established theme in art history.
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Dutch (Utrecht Caravaggist) Painter, 17th century — Two Musi
Pieter Symonsz Potter — A Musical Company in an Interior
Hendrick Martensz Sorgh — De luitspeler
The Procuress
Gerard van Kuijl — A Musical Company
Le Nain (French) — Peasant Children Dancing
Dirck Hals — An Outdoor Party
Jan Miense Molenaer — Self-Portrait as a Lute Player
François Bonvin (French, 1817–1887) — Young Woman with a Man
Pieter Duyfhuysen — Peasant Family Singing
Valentin de Boulogne — A Musical Party
Adriaen van Ostade — Rustende reizigers
